hubcaps and running boards

[tenn.jerry]

hello everyone, i hope youall had a great thanksgiving. i went out to the shop this morning and had to build a fire. while i waited for things to warm up i got out my hubcaps one had a crack in it so i got my grinder and was going to repar it. i sure was surprised to find brass under the paint and crud.i polished one up and it has brass skin on it. ichecked the others and they do too. i didnt know this. has anybody else found brass hubcaps? I also painted my running boards today. ive read previous treads about posting pics but i still cant get them to show up.

[Dave72dt]

Had a GREAT Thanksgiving. Managed to find time this afternoon to start stripping the left bed side. Found rust under the license plate bracket so off it came, cut the rust out, made a patch. welded it in, ground and finished.

I use the "preview post" feature to test my photo attempts. Go down the reply page and hit the "manage attachments' button, then in that window the BROWSE button, find your photo,open it. Should find a file name alonside ther BROWSE button. Now go to the right side of the box, hit upload, repeat up to 5 times. When all desired (up to 5) pics are loaded,bottom of box, hit CLOSE WINDOW, should bring you back to the REPLY box. Hit PREVIEW POST to test. All good, hit SUBMIT.

[Dave72dt]

Can't answer the "Cap " question. Mine didn't come with any.

[Frank Elder]

Jerry, when hubcaps are triple chromed they get three layers of different metals. First they are plated in copper, then nickel, and finally chrome. I don't know about brass being used as a layer in this process.

[MBF]

The centers of my 49's switch knobs are also brass. I was cleaning them up to paint the centers, and liked the way they looked as brass and left them that way. Wonder what else they used this on?